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I really wish we at Texas State would have gotten an at large bid. 37-23 record with wins over Rice, Oklahoma and two over Notre Dame with close losses to Texas, A&M and Baylor (although one Texas game and one Baylor game got out of hand on our part because of bad pitching) I think it would have been fun to play you guys in a regional. I think we would match up against each other very well. Oh well there is always next year.

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At Arizona St.

 

#1 Arizona St.

#4 Monmouth

 

#3 Nebraska

#2 UC Riverside

 

IF we can get by Arizona State, which will take tremendous pitching, I like our chances to go to the CWS. Here is the other bracket for our Super Regional play:

 

#1 Ole Miss (37-23)

#4 Sam Houston St. (38-22)

 

#3 Troy (34-25)

#2 Southern Miss (38-21)

 

Arizona State:

RPI= #5 SOS= #19

 

UC Riverside:

RPI= #47 SOS= #85 :nutz

 

Nebraska:

RPI= #31 SOS= #5

 

Texas:

RPI= #3 SOS= #4

 

The reason that I put Texas in this mix is that we have played fairly good against them.

 

Losses for Nebraska of 2 runs or less = 10

Losses in extra innings = 2

 

Almost half of our losses, we were being very competitive till the end. I think our mostly competitive play and our SOS will allow us to be better than most fans think we will be. Remember: we have new chemistry this year and have had some player problems (off field). One thing the last 2 years, we had great team chemistry. I would not count us out at this point. We have used small ball more this year than any other year. We only had 31 home runs, which is the lowest since before the year 2000. From 2000-2006, we averaged 67-81 home runs per year. Nebraska had always counted on two power hitters. Now, we have none. Andrew Brown has 9.

 

30 wins with no power hitters, impressive as it stands.

 

Do you think if we hit homers with our average, our losses would have changed?

 

:corndance:corndance:corndance

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Here is some numbers to chew on:

 

(From WarrenNolan.com)

 

UC-Riverside

RPI = 47 SOS = 86

Record Away = 14-10

Record Non-Conf = 21-14

Record vs. RPI Top 50 teams = 10-6

Avg. points per game = 6.4

Avg. runs scored against = 4.8

 

Record vs. Big 12: 0-3 (3 game series with Oklahoma)

 

Key Games or Series vs. RPI Top 50:

UCLA(RPI = 48) 2-3 loss at UCLA (weekday game)

San Diego(RPI = 14) 9-4 win at home (weekday game)

Oklahoma(RPI = 25) Lost 3 game series 5-14 5-11 1-2

San Diego(RPI = 14) 8-7 win at San Diego (weekday game)

UCLA(RPI = 48) 3-1 win at home (weekday game)

Cal State Fullerton(RPI =35) Won 3 game series at home 3-2 3-0 5-4 (avg. Cal State team)

Long Beach State(RPI = 12) Won 3 game series at LBSU 7-4 2-1 7-6

UC-Irvine(RPI = 38) Lost 2 of 3 in last series 0-5 4-2 8-16

 

Impressive wins came against San Diego, although they were weekday games. San Diego was probably not throwing their best pitchers. The only impressive series sweep came against Long Beach State(SOS = 14). If Tony Watson pitches like he did against Texas, we will win. I still like our chances. I think that UC-Riverside has not played the talent that we have this season. Its the game against ASU, if we get there, that I am worried about. I think Anderson is going to pitch Wertz in the 2nd game. That is positive! I think a one-two punch of Watson/Foust will help in game one.

 

Weather for the weekend: Above average 100+ degrees each day.

 

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